Dating a fender bassman

In this feature we’ll look at a handful of models with David Gilmour’s tones in mind. You are the musician and the guitar is the tool you use to express your feelings and music.

It may sound like a cliché but you need to be at one with the guitar for the inspiration to flow.

Buying a new guitar is a considerable investment for most of us.

To get the best possible experience, it is therefore important that you’ve done some research and decided on what kind of model you’re looking for.

We play many gigs with smaller amps such as Princeton Reverbs or Deluxe Reverbs, and most times we enjoy cranking these low wattage amps.

Our usual drummer is a careful and steady drummer who does not play awfully loud like some punk rock drummers.

Our drummer keeps the stage volume low and we love him for that.

However, over the last decade or so, the MIMs has gotten a considerable face lift and the overall quality is very high.Electronic components such as transformers, potentiometers, speakers, and some capacitors are often stamped with a date code, which indicates the manufacturer and the manufacturing date.The code follows the format: = a number from 1 - 52 indicating the week of manufacture.These are marked with EIA code “606” which is the company number for Schumacher.Well, this universal “truth” was debunked when we found a bunch of amps with transformers made by the Better Coil and Transformers company.